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The KF-21 doesn't exist because of a need for F-35s, it exists because the US wouldn't sell them the F-22. That's the capability they're gunning for, not the export approved economy model
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Germany again holding up military exports, this time A400M. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-defence-arm-says-berlin-delaying-exports-worth-billions-2023-02-19/ It's not clear who they're taking about. Kazakhstan and Indonesia have previously confirmed orders but deliveries are due 2024 & 2026 respectively. If it's new countries, it's a good sign that with platform maturity, it's turning out to be a useful platform and not a elephant too big and expensive to succeed in numbers. Everyone really needs it to succeed enough to keep the production line going until the original operators wear out their originals and come back for more.
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Lucid Dream posted:Someone used the command !chron World War 2 Air Dogs and a minute later we watched this:
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Pablo Bluth posted:I was speaking generally. Korea already have 40 F-35As. They're one of a bunch of countries who have experienced the F-35 programme first hand and seem to have decided they don't want to be dependant on the US for the next gen. The way I heard it explained is that the rational for doing F-35 and your own deal is that the F-35 is a 50 year commitment. If you go all in on F-35 then you lose all organic combat aircraft design knowledge and industrial base or it at least significantly atrophies. Which is great for the US MIC but not so good if you want to hedge your bets a bit.
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mobby_6kl posted:Surely they'd sell the F35 to SK? Considering even Turkey was on the list until Erdo poo poo the bed. I tried following that and getting nowhere
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Murgos posted:The way I heard it explained is that the rational for doing F-35 and your own deal is that the F-35 is a 50 year commitment. If you go all in on F-35 then you lose all organic combat aircraft design knowledge and industrial base or it at least significantly atrophies. Yea I wouldn’t bet my country’s existence on the United States government being my friend forever and my country IS the United States.
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CarForumPoster posted:Yea I wouldn’t bet my country’s existence on the United States government being my friend forever and my country IS the United States. Sorry, we can't provide you with anymore F-35s for a bit. You see, Alabama makes this one bolt, and Colorado makes the nut that goes with that bolt. But Colorado opened a transgender book store, and three representatives from Alabama blew it up and now they are at war. So it will be at least six weeks until we get that sorted.
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Cojawfee posted:Sorry, we can't provide you with anymore F-35s for a bit. You see, Alabama makes this one bolt, and Colorado makes the nut that goes with that bolt. But Colorado opened a transgender book store, and three representatives from Alabama blew it up and now they are at war. So it will be at least six weeks until we get that sorted. Your timeline is WAY too fast. I once ordered a USB Type A inside a MIL 38999 (extremely common) housing. This was an off the shelf part. Lead time was 6 months. This was pre COVID/Trump.
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Sagebrush posted:at first i was like "why the hell wouldn't they make a trainer model" but then i was like Nobody wants a trainer model F-35. Flight hours are too expensive. Some people might want a backseater for some missions but I think the USAF perspective is it's not needed. Meanwhile developing a two seat variant would make an already complicated jet with three variants even more complex. My guess is that lengthening the cockpit and keeping it stealthy would not be possible without a lot of added cost.
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The voice of former U.S. President Barack Obama roasts the Q400 Trump on the MD-80
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Platystemon posted:The voice of former U.S. President Barack Obama roasts the Q400 These are great.
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Platystemon posted:The voice of former U.S. President Barack Obama roasts the Q400 Its jarring hearing Trumps voice being used to form complete, coherent sentences.
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The Joe Rogan CRJ-200 Experience Unrelated, https://i.imgur.com/NUxhpCU.mp4 quote:A few weeks ago I was flying into PHL and we were just starting our way down. Captain gets up to use the lav so the FA is up front with me when ATC gives us a decent into a thin scud layer (nothing crazy, you can see from the video it's a smal patch of light green painted on the radar).
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You know they had to circle at least a few times to get the shadow to fall just right lol What a cool bigass floating cell tower tho, I hope this is the start of a balloon renaissance   Retvrn 
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Strange, I saw that same caption with this image. 
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F18E/F line likely to shut down 2025 https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/02/23/boeing-will-close-super-hornet-production-line-in-2025/ quote:Boeing will end the F/A-18E-F Super Hornet production line in 2025 and will not accept any more U.S. orders beyond the eight aircraft Congress added to the fiscal 2023 budget.
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I wonder if they want that line space and talent for something else. Has there been any news on who is making NGAD? I assume its one of if not a mix of Boeing/Lockheed/Northrop, but a casual googling makes it sound like it still not known.
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Xenoborg posted:I wonder if they want that line space and talent for something else. Has there been any news on who is making NGAD? I assume its one of if not a mix of Boeing/Lockheed/Northrop, but a casual googling makes it sound like it still not known. I don't think anything has really been announced, but these programs are so massive and expensive that it'll end up being all three. The question is really just what the percentage each of them owns. I expect Boeing will actually build the thing, since Lockmart's facilities are already busy.
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I wouldn't normally spam gamers... but Scott Manley is doing some Kerbal Space Program 2 on live stream (he's a goon right?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ax9T_27vJ8
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Yeah I forget his username, starts with an e I think.
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He's Illectro here
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Mortabis posted:Yeah I forget his username, starts with an e I think. Illectro
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SR-71 story that isn’t the top two that are always reposted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_1L_6ObxjM
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Official Blue Angels B-Roll footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRKuODbGks
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Official Blue Angels B-Roll footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRKuODbGks Really want to know what he saw that surprised him at 4:48 or so "Whoooaa baby!" because I can't tell looking at aircraft positions. Being a solo for either of the jet teams seems like it's a really really fun gig though. Low, fast, and maximum stick deflections all the time always.
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Who made that, the American flag?
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Who made that, the American flag?
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I'm so confused by this. Are they ranking logo's? Or companies?
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It's from r/NonCredibleDefence, a meme sub, and plays into long running jokes there, and is absolutely meant to be a hot take. Imo posting it here is dumb. (It's ranking aircraft manufacturers)
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The design language for logos of Soviet design bureaus was sure pretty narrow:
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New Ward Carroll video, this time talking with a U-2 pilot (who got started flying SH-60s in the Navy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE85vvgii_U
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Seeing that ^^ reminds me, What are some interesting content aviation related youtube channels to subscribe to? These are on my often-visited list: Mayday https://www.youtube.com/@MaydayAirDisaster 74Gear https://www.youtube.com/@74gear Mentour Pilot/Now https://www.youtube.com/@MentourPilot AVWeb https://www.youtube.com/@AVweb DroneScapes https://www.youtube.com/@Dronescapes
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On top of AVWeb, I'm subscribed to these AOPA Air Safety Institute https://youtube.com/@AirSafetyInstitute FlightChops https://youtube.com/@FlightChops Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles https://youtube.com/@GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles VASAviation https://youtube.com/@VASAviation Not particularly exciting stuff, but I find it interesting. I mostly play them like podcasts at work.
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I seem to recall that there were Opinions about blancolirio, but I don't really recall what or why.
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Salami Surgeon posted:AOPA Air Safety Institute I missed them - I do these too. I really like their accident case studies.
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